[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 62217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29852]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Extension of Comment Period: Draft Compatibility Policy Pursuant
to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period on the Federal Register
notice dated September 9, 1999 (64 FR 49067) that invites the public to
comment on our draft compatibility policy. We are also extending the
comment period on the Federal Register proposed rule dated September 9,
1999 (64 FR 49056) that invites the public to comment on our proposed
compatibility regulations.
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 8, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning this draft compatibility policy via
mail, fax or email to: Chief, Division of Refuges, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 670, Arlington,
Virginia 22203; fax (703)358-2248; e-mail Compatibility__Policy
__C[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Kurth, Chief, Division of Refuges,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Telephone (703)358-1744.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a Federal Register notice dated September
9, 1999, we published our draft compatibility policy describing the
process for determining whether or not a use of a national wildlife
refuge is a compatible use. We also published in a Federal Register
proposed rule dated September 9, 1999, our proposed compatibility
regulations describing the process for determining whether or not a use
of a national wildlife refuge is a compatible use. We received several
requests to extend the public comment period beyond the November 8,
1999 due date. In order to ensure that the public has an adequate
opportunity to review and comment on our draft policy and proposed
regulations we are extending the comment period to December 8, 1999.
Primary Author: J. Kenneth Edwards, Refuge Program Specialist,
Division of Refuges, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the primary
author of this notice.
Dated: November 9, 1999.
Jamie Rappaport Clark,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 99-29852 Filed 11-15-99; 8:45 am]
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